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Cicirra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Cicirra Simon, 1886
Species:	C. decemmaculata
Binomial name
Cicirra decemmaculata Simon, 1886

Cicirra is a monotypic genus of Australian intertidal spiders containing the single species, Cicirra decemmaculata. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1886, and has only been found in Australia. Originally placed with the funnel-weavers, it was moved to the Matachiinae (subfamily of the Amaurobiidae) in 1967. They are closely related to Forsterina.

References

1. ^ "Gen. Cicirra Simon, 1886". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
2. Simon, E. (1886). "Descriptions de quelques espèces nouvelles de la famille des Agelenidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 30 (C.R): 56–61.
3. Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 222.

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